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Islandia: Available Copies

4th printing. Light general use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The spine has some light scratching. There is a yellow stain at the top of the spine. The text is clean, but there are six '5' stamped accross the top edge of the pages. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Decorated cloth-covered boards are well-bound, though front fly-leaf & half-title page are loose, all else, firm. Sunning at spine, light soil & rubbing from handling, a bit of dust at textbox edge. Pages clean throughout.

A clean copy of the 1958 reprint in a somewhat torn dust jacket. ; 1018 pages; Austin Tappan Wright left the world a wholly unsuspected legacy. After he died in a tragic accident, among this distinguished legal scholarâs papers were found thousands of pages devoted to a staggering feat of literary creationâ"a detailed history of an imagined country complete with geography, genealogy, literature, language and culture. As detailed as J.R.R. Tolkienâs middle-earth novels, Islandia has similarly become a classic touchstone for those concerned with the creation of imaginary world.

This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!

Brown cloth, no DJ. brief gift inscription and previous owner's name label. Some toning of the cloth, other wise a VG unmarked copy.

This is a VG Signer E4621 paperback, fourth printing copy, white spine.

DJ- Chipped corners, edges of spine heavily chipped. Edges worn. Covered in mylar wrap. Split to FFEP binding. Residue from previous owner bookplate on FFEP. Otherwise good condition with clean unmarked pages. BP/Fiction.

First printing indicated by the R in a circle device on the copyright page. 1018 pages, white illustrated boards, map endpapers by Robet Graves. Minor pushing at the spine ends and, less so, the corners, edges have a few smudges- mainly on the lower edge, light thumb crease on the upper margins of the first three pages. Light wear and creasing on the jacket edges, front flap creased. Attractive copy with d.j. in a protective covering.

Pages clean but tanned, especially at edges. Binding tight. Spine slightly curled, but nothing major and no creasing. Cover has sticker residue on front near title, light shelf wear including scuffing and one nick, and wear to hinges. ; 7.0 X 4.5 X 2.0 inches

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1

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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.18

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.18

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.18

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.18

1975 Plume paperback - minor wear to cover owner's name inside front cover - tanning and minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy

Softcover. Clean text - NO writing, NO highlighting to text. Some light wear to cover at head of spine. VG- reading copy. Oversized. Clean text -- NO writing, NO highlighting to text.ÂPLEASE NOTE: Domestic US media (standard) US orders ONLY. NO international orders.

3rd printing. Soiling to cloth. Name stamp to title page. Edge wear to jacket. $3.00 price on jacket.

A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present including heavy creasing on the cover. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear aged but unmarked. Light staining on the cover. Light staining on the page edges. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Calla. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

After his untimely death in 1931 at age 48 in a New Mexico auto accident, legal scholar and attorney Austin Tappan Wright left behind lengthy manuscripts of this novel and related writings. The novel was organized and edited by his widow Margaret and daughter Sylvia and eventually published in 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart. --- This is the story of an intricately-organized society in the imagined nation of Islandia, situated somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere. The people of Islandia, per Wright, had established a rule (among many others), limiting outside visitors to one hundred at any one time, so as to preserve the unique ethos of the country. A life-long project for the author, he also concocted an elaborate history of Islandia, with genealogies, glossary of the Islandian language and other well-organized data. This classic, often compared to J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, is an entry in publishers' 'Utopian Literature' series. Includes a fold-out 30 cm. x 24 cm. map of Islandia by Robert Graves, and an introduction by Leonard Bacon. --- A 1971 reprint edition of the original 1942 issuance. In full mustard cloth-covered boards with simple cover and spine titling in brown. Volume lacks a dust jacket, likely as issued. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound and unmarked copy, though with retailer's sticker to front paste-down, dampstains to last few leaves and small creases to corners of some leaves. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; viii, [2], 1013, [5] pages

A good square copy in dust wrapper, light creasing to some page corners, owners ink gift inscription, light wear, slight loss & small tears to wrapper edges.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.55

A great utopian fantasy novel, comparable in conception and complexity to Tolkien's "Middle Earth." Wright, a law professor and legal scholar, created "Islandia" over many years in his free time after his academic duties at various U.S. universities, including Stanford, Michigan and Pennsylvania. When he died in an auto accident in New Mexico in 1931, he left a manuscript of over 2,300 pages plus appendices on a country called "Islandia," The appendices and a book-length general history of Islandia described language, culture, customs, population, historic peerage, and geography. His wife and daughter edited the work and trimmed it to the 1,013 pages published in the first edition in 1942. This copy is an early printing of the 1942 First Edition, lacking the publisher's colophon on the copyright page signifying the first printing. The original light tan buckram-covered boards are age and sun-darkened, particulary on the spine and along the edges, with some minor fraying of the cloth at the corners. The previous owner's bookplate is pasted to the front free endpage, concealing part of the Robert Graves-designed map on the pastedown. The front endpapers and first two dozen pages of text show a mild lower corner crease on the thin, WWII-era pages; text edges are lightly soiled and stained. Sorry, the dustjacket is missing. All that said, the book remains the 1942 first edition, complete and with the Leonard Bacon introduction. It is basically clean and unmarked, still tight and square. A great novel at a decent price.

First edition First of the 1958 edition. Near fine illustrated white boards with green title to spine. Map boards. Inside front and rear flyleaf with blue map of the Karain Continent, where Islandia resides on its northern part. Crisp and clean text.

Very crisp and clean in illustrated map boards and endpapers. Covered in a bright jacket that has minimal nicking to the top of the spine. and some creasing to the front flap. Author's brilliant fantasy novel set in the mythical kingdom of Islandia. An attractive copy.

The classic Utopian novel. The author's first and only book. First printing thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else very good in a good (long closed tear at the base of the front spine edge, age toning) dust jacket. ; 1013 pages

Author's first book. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt. Very minor stains to front cover, else a clean copy.

viii, 1013 p., unbeschnitten (uncut), Einband gering berieben und leicht fleckig, Rücken vergilbt, einige Seiten mit Bleistiftanstreichungen, ansonsten gutes Exemplar (binding slightly worn, yellowed and a bit stained, some pencil notes, all in all in good condition), Englisch. ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 8° Orig.-Ganzleinen, Rücken- und Deckelgoldprägung,farbiger Kopfschnitt (bookbinders cloth, top-edge colored).

1st prtg, pub colophon on copyright pg. White fabric covered boards, with black title-block. title in gilt, front & spine, very clean, bright copy w/minimal soiling of any kind; b/w map eps, 1013 pp. + endnote by Sylvia Wright. Size: 6" - 9"